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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Incense Burner with Crocodile Effigy Lid
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Incense Burner with Crocodile Effigy Lid

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod V - Period VI
Date500-1350 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions4 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (12.1 x 25.1 cm)
Object number1991.004.381A/B
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 90, figure 173ab.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 73, figure 4.2.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased May 1984.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas